...they were everywhere!
Our first order of business, besides breakfast, was to find a new hostel for Saturday and Sunday night since we had only booked this one for the first two nights not knowing if we’d want to go to another town or anything. So I went to a little café and got breakfast, bought some fruit on the street, and woke up Kelly who had bought something the night before. We got ready and headed towards an internet café in search of a hostel. We found a few that looked good. Two groups of my friends were going to be there – Kyle (guy from TU) and his friend and then Elizabeth, Blake and Nikki (girls from TU) so I looked into their hostels. Also, I just happened to run into a girl who has a twin in my sorority in a pub the night before who suggested her hostel as well. This day we basically walked the city, seeing pretty much everything. It was super nice weather which was a great surprise. We got lunch to go and sat in St. Stephen’s Green (we call this our park) and ate lunch and listened to the abundance of Irish accents. It was wonderful.
Kelly & I at St. Stephen's Green
Then Kyle said he would get in around 2 so we went to his hostel to meet him. He wasn’t there, even after waiting awhile, so we left a note to meet later. We went and saw St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College and just walked around the town. Then we headed back to Kyle’s hostel to wait. He walked up later with my other friend Tyrel! They surprised me – I had no idea he would be there! (Well I guessed Tyrel or Phil, Kyle’s twin, would Kyle’s friend but I was definitely surprised) It was so great to see him because I had just talked to him a few days earlier and we realized that I might not see him for a couple years. He graduates in May but might not walk and might leave before I get back to go to Europe to play soccer for two years (during this conversation he already knew he’d see me, haha). But I guess he checked my facebook all the time and kept in constant contact with Kyle so they would know where I was going so they could follow! So after they put their stuff up we just decided to walk around and check out Dublin. We ended up eating at a very Irish place – Tyrel got something very Irish that looked disgusting and made me get fish and chips instead of a chicken sandwich.
Tyrel with his nasty dinner!
That night we went to a little café to listen to a guy play acoustic Irish music which was interesting – he dedicated a song to Kelly (he was older so it was funny) and ended up playing a Bob Marley song which was amusing. Overall, a pretty fun night.
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